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May 22, 2012: Let’s GO
Over the years many people have asked me if we'd do Click! again and my general response has been to say that we wouldn't do a… »May 17, 2012: Meet Another Charming Lady
All of us were a little sad to see “Bird Lady” go, even if it is only for a brief period of time, but we were able to take… »May 15, 2012: Santi Moix
Perched high on a lift in the fourth floor contemporary galleries, Brooklyn-based artist Santi Moix is drawing directly on the… »May 15, 2012: Connecting Cultures Through Books!
The presence of three books in the new Connecting Cultures installation gives me a welcome opportunity to talk about these… »May 11, 2012: A Sunset for 1stfans
It's been roughly three and half years since Will Cary and I started the 1stfans Membership program at the Museum; come July,… »
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Category Archives: Recent Acquisitions
The Installation of Reception
Through the generosity of Beth Rudin DeWoody, the Museum recently acquired a multiple component installation piece made by the artist Vadis Turner, which will be included as part of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. The installation titled … Continue reading
Hank Willis Thomas
One major recent acquisition is Hank Willis Thomas’ series “Unbranded: Reflections in Black by Corporate America.” The whole series consists of 82 images, two for each year from 1968 to 2008, and the acquisition includes half of the series: one … Continue reading
Dash Snow
The Museum recently acquired some great new photography. Much of it will be on view this coming August when we open a new show with material from the Contemporary Collection. In this delicate group of black and white photographs, Dash … Continue reading
Sarah Baley
Sarah Baley’s show “Bois” opened at Collette Blanchard Gallery on the Lower East Side last Thursday night and we are very happy to have this image by Sarah in the collection. Sarah Baley (American, born 1969). Dug, 2005. From the … Continue reading
Purchasing a Major Work of Art for the Collection – part VII
I can’t believe that it’s been more than a year since my last posting on this topic. I guess I got distracted by other tasks. I was recently asked to “wrap it up,” so here it goes… In my first … Continue reading
Pandora’s Book
If Marshall McLuhan were a gypsy and his teacup the art world, the tea leaves would be artists’ books. —Ingrid Sishey (National Arts Guide, vol. 1, no.1, Jan-Feb. 1979, p.2-3) This quote resonates so well with me as it points … Continue reading
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Purchasing a Major Work of Art for the Collection – part VI
The search for an object to purchase in honor of the soon-to-be-retired Curator of Asian Art began more than eight months before I arrived at the Brooklyn Museum, so I’m a little foggy on all the details of the earliest … Continue reading
Purchasing a Major Work of Art for the Collection – part V
Armed with the “wish list” and approximate budget I described in my previous entries, the team of curators and trustees who were interested in finding a suitable object to acquire in honor of Amy Poster went out into the market. … Continue reading
Purchasing a Major Work of Art for the Collection – part IV
I have been discussing the process of acquiring a new masterpiece for the collection, and in my first installment, I introduced the object, a bronze image of Shiva from southern India. This sculpture was cast by the master artisans who … Continue reading
Purchasing a Major Work of Art for the Collection – part III
Last time I wrote about how we happened to have the money and the initiative to look for a major new acquisition for the Asian collection. This time, I’m going to talk about how we developed a shopping list before … Continue reading
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Purchasing a Major Work of Art for the Collection – part II
In my previous entry, I introduced a wonderful object, an Indian bronze of Shiva from the tenth century. I am tracing the way that this work of art entered the Brooklyn Museum’s collection in 2007, offering an introduction to the … Continue reading
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Purchasing a major work of art for the collection
I have been an art museum curator for almost eight years now, and I can tell you that the one aspect of my job that has consistently offered the headiest mixture of fun and stress has been the search for … Continue reading
Earlier this week, we installed two striking new photographs in the Museum’s American Identities galleries on the fifth floor, Soldier Claxton and Soldier Mickelson. They are part of a large series of soldiers’ portraits by the New York-based photographer Suzanne … Continue reading


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